Improvement in harvesters



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. SPAULDING, OF ROCKFORLJ, rmnuuib.

IMPROVEMENT lN HARVESTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 1 [,987, datedFebruary 21, 1871.

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. SPAULD ING, of Rockford, in the county ofWinnebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Harvesters 5 and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing. and to the letters ot' reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specifica tion.

My present invention is intended as an irnprovement upon the harvesterpatented by me December 17, 1867.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan view, of my harvester.

I have only deemed it necessary to show so much of my machine as willclearly illustrate the new features claimed by me.

A represents the frame of my harvester. B is the ribbed revolving apronupon which the grain falls as it is cnt, and by it is carried to thereceptacle C, where is arranged a series of bows, D D, as shown. On theother side of the receptacle C, is placed the binders footboard E, whichis made smaller than the frame of the harvester, so as to allow room forthe master-wheel G, and thereby obviating the necessity of making aslong a machine as though said wheel ran entirely behind the machine.Within the bows D D, under the receptacle C, is placed a revolvingroller, H, provided withv teeth a a., which take the grain from theapron B and carry it up to the receptacle C. These teeth are insertedinto the roller spirally to the axis of the roller, as seen in thedrawing. 0n the foot-board E are placed two pairs of posts, b b,connected at their lower ends by a bar, d, upon which the binder putshis foot. Between the upper ends of each pair of posts is pivoted acompressingfinger, I, constructed as shown, which is operated by theknee of the binder so as to press down upon the grain laid across theknee.

It will be seen that I do not use a table nor a support for the bundle,but the bundle rests on the binders knee or leg, and is compressed bythe finger I.

The advantages this mode has over a table are as follows: It relievesthe hands and arms from the strain of pulling on the band, to a greatextent, to compress the bundle, while with a table, the compressing ofthe bundle is entirely accomplished by pulling on the band. It alsofacilitates the binding of rotten straw, which is very hard to de in theusual mode.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The pivoted compressing fingers, constructed substantially asdescribed, and arranged to be operated by the knee of the binder.

2. The cylinder D, with the teeth a a arranged spirally thereon, incombination with an endless revolving apron, all operating substantiallyas set forth.

3. The bows D D, in combination with revolving apron B and cylinder H,all constructed and arranged to operate as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

GEO. H. SPAULDING. Witnesses:

JOHN M. WALDRON, ADDISON V. TEEPLE.

